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edition:Paperback
category: Poetry
published: May 2007
ISBN:9781894759229
publisher: Caitlin Press

All Things Said & Done

by Marita Dachsel

tagged: canadian
Description

Marita Dachsel's debut collection is a visceral exploration of the moments of life that stand out in the pages of a family album and the intervals of memory. She playfully and poignantly documents first crushes, first times, weddings and trips across town, across water, and across continents. Dachsel perceptively sprinkles these moments with the details photographs don't reveal, as in "Dispatches from an Impending Marriage": 'Don't talk to me about photographers./ Nothing will capture this. A printed paper/ will only mock - / a gaudy misrepresentation/ a plastic jesus on the mantle - / two dimensions of fabric, teeth and skin.'

About the Author
Marita Dachsel is the author of Glossolalia and All Things Said & Done. Her work has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry has been shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, the Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry, and the ReLit Award. Her play Initiation Trilogy was nominated for both a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Script and the Critics’ Choice Innovation Award. She lives with her family on Lekwungen territory in Victoria, British Columbia.
Contributor Notes

Marita Dachsel was born and raised in Williams Lake, BC, and has lived in Kamloops, Dawson City, Auckland and Montpellier, France. She has an MFA in creative writing from UBC and has been published widely in Canadian literary journals. She currently lives in Vancouver, BC.

Awards
  • Short-listed, ReLit Award
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